§ 9-96. Circuses, carnivals, and public exhibitions.

(a)

License required. No person shall conduct or operate a circus, carnival, or public exhibition, as such terms are defined herein, without having first obtained a license from the City Clerk in the manner specified in this chapter.

(b)

Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Carnival means and includes amusement activities, rides, merry-go-rounds, booths for the conduct of games of skill, food dispensing facilities, and sideshows.

Circus means a public entertainment consisting typically of a variety of performances by acrobats, clowns, and trained animals.   

Menagerie means a collection of live wild animals on exhibition.   

Public exhibition means and includes circuses, menageries, carnivals, sideshows, and other similar itinerant amusement enterprises that are open to the public and for admission to which a fee is charged.

(c)

Fees established. The business license fee imposed on each circus, carnival or public exhibition operating within the City limits shall be as established in the schedule of fees and charges.

(d)

Conditions of issuance. No license under this section shall be issued until the following conditions have been met:

(1)

The operator and sponsor of the circus, carnival, or public exhibition have each assumed full responsibility for maintaining order and for keeping the site clean and free of trash, papers, and other debris, and have placed trash containers in adequate number and in convenient locations for the use of the public;

(2)

There is compliance with the Amusement Ride Safety Act (O.C.G.A. § 34-12-1 et seq.); and

(3)

The applicant has placed on file with the City Clerk a certificate or certificates of insurance indicating that there is in effect public liability insurance covering any damage arising out of the use and operation of any and all devices and facilities operated in connection with such carnival or exhibition. Such insurance shall be in the minimum amount of $100,000.00 for each person, and $300,000.00 for each accident.

(e)

Inspections. It shall be the duty of the Director of Inspections, Chief of Police and the Fire Chief to see that proper inspections and patrols are made of the premises used for the activities licensed herein.

(Code 1978, § 9-81)